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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2025

Rapid Subcutaneous Migration of Dirofilaria repens Nematode in Facial Tissue, Italy.

Mariaelisa Carbonara, Simona Gabrielli, Alessia Ricci, Roberta Iatta, Riccardo Paolo Lia, Maria Virginia Tomassi, Andrea Mariano, Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan, Domenico Otranto

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Mariaelisa Carbonara
Simona Gabrielli
Alessia Ricci
Roberta Iatta
Riccardo Paolo Lia
Maria Virginia Tomassi
Andrea Mariano
Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan
Domenico Otranto

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a Dirofilaria repens nematode infection in a woman in Italy who sought care for a fast-creeping lesion within her subcutaneous facial tissue. Dirofilariosis should be included in differential diagnosis of subcutaneous nodules or creeping lesions. This case highlights the need for controlling canine dirofilarioses to mitigate zoonotic risk.

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Dirofilaria repensDirofilariasisFaceSubcutaneous TissueAnimalsDogsFemaleHumansItalydiagnosisDirofilaria repenshuman dirofilariosisItalyparasitesvector-borne infectionszoonoses

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PMID40439592
PMCPMC12123934

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